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Garage door lubrication My auto garage door is making more noise in tracks than it used to, what type of lubricant should I use in tracks if any? |
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Cats digging up my seeds. Whats the best to use to keep Cats off of the vegie garden. Keep digging up seeds and plants and leaving their Do Dos. |
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Should my mandarin tree have thorns!?!? I have a Miho mandarin tree in a pot. Down the bottom coming out of the trunk is a green growth, thought it was a new shoot of the tree so left it there. Just noticed today it seems to have different leaves, and has thorns! Like half an inch to an inch th... |
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Company that sells hedge plants There's a company in NZ that sells hedging in containers - various plants and various sizes - who are they? |
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Strawberries - what eats them? i have two plants, Our 'garden' is pots on a deck. Anyway I bought two strawberry plants a couple of weeks ago. I thought well, this is the first time I have ever had them so they probably won't do anything. To my surprise and delight they are doing really well. We have fou... |
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Seek person to fit tapered handle on shovel Tool from an earlier era. Help will be appreciated. I live in Hamilton. |
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Still looking to buy this as a plant or seeds Rock Cress Variegata Aubrieta Deltoidea, if someone out there has discovered some in their garden I would love to purchase a piece or seeds through trademe. |
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What kind of plant is this ? It has just grew by itself this year and hasn't been there before. It's more than 2 meters high. https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/4 |
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Please tell me the name of the bird that sounds like it is saying pretty birdie. It is very loud and singing away. |
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Thick pile carpet - what vacume? I have just spent mega $$$ on a 60gsm carpet with medium pile. Our electrolux just does not like it. What brands or features do you recommend for this type of carpet? Bag? Bagless? Upright? Canister? Powered head? Air driven head? Dyson, Meile, Sebo. Aaaa... |
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Cooling upstairs Any idea if it is possible to put a heat pump high up on an exterior wall ? My bedroom is upstairs and it is horribly HORRIBLY hot. When heat pumps are in cooling mode they work very well. I am currently just hating it up there. Or is there something bett... |
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Down pipe water diverter. I am looking to fitting diverters on the shed down pipes. had a quick look on Trade me plumbing but at this stage nothing jumps out. Help please if you can. Right now I will go back and try again. Thanks. |
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Fill cracks and holes in cedar weatherboards Hi guys, can anyone tell me what products are best to use to fill small holes, such as knot holes in cedar weatherboard and bigger holes like where pipes go through the wall. I'm told silicones are old hat and to stay away from them. I'm told polyme |
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How do we straighten a falling hedge ? We have a large hedge that is around 100 years old. The old wooden fence that the hedge was growing on has rotted away and the hedge has lost its internal support. It is developing quite a lean. How do we straighten it and make it secure ? Any |
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Can you legally turn hot water temp up or sparky only? Don't want to compromise the insurance. |
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A point of water is a unit of measure for water, old school I know but what is it actually ? in imperial or metric flow rate per day |
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Old newspapers needed for garden Anyone have heaps of old newspapers they want to get rid of or know where we can get them from. We need them for putting around plants before mulching on top. Preferable west Auckland if possible, thanks |
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Petunias can I cut back my petunias once they have flowered to the end of the stems - how far back and will they flower again. I have a huge pot of dark purple and lime green uprights and pink cascading around the outside - look fantastic. thanks in advance - happ... |
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APHIDS & Roses Help please for the last 3-4 years Ive been battling with aphids on my roses last year I changed spray and used two different ones alternating between no joy they keep coming back big time. This year I decided to go back to soapy water with oil and some a... |
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Home Alarm System Wireless? a friend has Swann purchased from Dick Smith. Cost effective and reliable |
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How to get paint off skirt boards. I want to remove the paint of rimu painted skirting boards. I think they painted for years. How would I go about it? If indeed it is possible. |
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The old style glazed sewer pipe that runs from my toilet out to the road is in the line of where I am looking at putting another driveway in. Is it safe to put a car only drive over it (probably pavers), and if so is there a minimum depth the pipe should be ? |
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Front door doesn't shut normally -Yale lock issue Hi - I've got a fairly standard looking, probably quite old front door lock and looks sort of like this: http://bit.ly/1ThE11o and when I got home other day front door wide open, probably |
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What's eating my cherry tree? Hi guys. My flowering cherry tree is about a year old. In the last month though it has been eaten alive. Any ideas what has done it? Pretty sure we have grass grubs. Could it be grass grub bettles? I see them in the pool in the morning. The brown ones. Wh... |
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Stopping ants eating strawberries How can I stop ants eating my strawberries? I don't want to put anything down that will harm my cats as they love to 'help' me garden. However it is driving me crazy when every fruit is chewed. |
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